Dave Walder ensures that Wasps do not miss Danny Cipriani

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If all the talk beforehand had been about Danny Cipriani’s eagerly awaited comeback from injury, much of the buzz afterwards focused on the growing authority of Dave Walder, his so-called understudy.

Cipriani may be champing at the bit having recovered from the fractured right fibula that has kept him out since October 4, but Tony Hanks, the London Wasps director of rugby, is keen not to rush the former golden boy of English rugby back into the fold prematurely.

With that in mind, the fly half remained wrapped in cotton wool on the bench as Walder navigated his team past